This is one of South Africa’s best Grenache reds. ‘Raaigras’ is a 12-row vine and is among the oldest Grenache vineyards in South Africa, planted in the early 1950s. Coming from old vines planted on Adi Badenhorst’s farm on the decomposed granite hills of the Paardeberg, Swartland. The vines are magnificent and low-bearing. The soils are beautifully reflected in the wine with grainy, grippy tannins. AA BADENHORST RAAIGRAS GRENACHE BOTTLE 2020 (1 x 750ml) TIM ATKINS 94/100 ‘The varietal that can best communicate where it’s from is Grenache. It listens’. – Adi Badenhorst This is a reserved, focused, dusty red with very little oak influence, understated grip and concentration, brooding minerality and plum and red cherry fruit.
